Melrose Place Actress Settles $4.8M In Montgomery Death: Report

MONTGOMERY, NJ — The former "Melrose Place" actress Amy Locane-Bovenizer reached a nearly $4.8 million settlement in a lawsuit for crashing into a Montgomery couple, killing the wife, according to nj.com.

The crash occurred on June 27, 2010 when Locane-Bovenizer's SUV hit a Mercury Milan turning into a driveway in Montgomery Township. Her blood-alcohol content was more than three times the legal limit and she was driving 53 mph in a 35 mph zone, authorities said.

Helene Seeman of Montgomery, a passenger in the car, was killed and her husband, who was driving, was critically injured.

Locane-Bovenizer, 44, served two and half years of her sentence before being released from prison on parole in June 2015.

Half of the settlement will be paid to Helene's and Fred's son, Curtis Zucker Seeman, a quarter to Fred and the remaining quarter to Fred as the administrator his wife's estate, according to nj.com.

Locane-Bovenizer may still face six more months of jail time following a new hearing in July 2016 in appeals court, which ruled that the leniency granted in the original three-year prison term lacked enough explanation, according to nj.com.

A determination on more time will be made once the the Appellate Division makes a decision.

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